Android users are experiencing a notable AI upgrade in their Google Messages application.

Last week, Google announced a series of updates for Android, featuring a major new enhancement for Pixel devices. Among the plethora of new functionalities revealed for Pixel smartphones was a crucial AI-related addition: the well-known AI image editor Nano Banana will be directly incorporated into Google Messages through a new feature named Remix.

Nano Banana is the latest AI model from Google focused on image creation and editing. AI fans have praised Nano Banana, and it is broadly regarded as the premier AI image editing tool currently on the market.

Google acknowledges its popularity and has started to integrate Nano Banana into various other Google services, such as Google Lens and Circle to Search. With Remix, Pixel users will be able to edit or recreate any image using Nano Banana right within Google Messages.

This week, the Remix feature commenced deployment to all Pixel users – and it will likely be accessible on all Android gadgets soon.

Users only need to click the Remix button on any image within Google Messages and then enter any prompt they desire in the text box that shows up. Google provides some “Suggested ideas” in Remix, like “Create a custom mini figure” or “Transform a photo into instant film style” to help users kickstart their creativity. After that, Nano Banana takes charge and produces the image. (As per Google, there is a “daily limit of image generations per user.”)

Remix effectively changes Google Messages from merely a messaging platform into a content creation instrument. It’s easy to envision how Remix can drive the creation of memes and other viral content as users simply need to input their request to generate an image that they would have otherwise needed to produce in a specialized image creation or editing application.

In that same context, if you’re not keen on “AI slop,” now you’ll understand why numerous friends and family members with Android devices are suddenly sending you a barrage of AI-modified images.